Gavin Low1,2, Nicola E Owen3, Ilse Joubert1, Andrew J Patterson1, Martin J Graves1, Kevin J Glaser4, Graeme J M Alexander3, David J Lomas1. 1. Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, University of Cambridge, England, United Kingdom. 2. University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 3. Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hospital, England, United Kingdom. 4. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the reliability of MRE using a spin-echo echo-planar imaging (SE-EPI) renal MRE technique in healthy volunteers. METHODS: Institutional review board approved prospective study in which all participants provided written informed consent. Sixteen healthy volunteers comprising seven males and nine females with a median age of 35 years (age range: 23 to 59 years) were included. Coronal 90 Hz and 60 Hz MRE acquisitions were performed twice within a 30-min interval between examinations. Renal MRE reliability was assessed by (i) test-retest repeatability, and (ii) inter-rater agreement between two independent readers. The MRE-measured averaged renal stiffness values were evaluated using: intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), Bland-Altman and the within-subject coefficient of variation (COV). RESULTS: For test-retest repeatability, Bland-Altman showed a mean stiffness difference between examinations of 0.07 kPa (95% limits of agreement: -1.41, 1.54) at 90 Hz and 0.01 kPa (95% limits of agreement: -0.51, 0.53) at 60 Hz. Coefficient of repeatability was 1.47 kPa and 0.52 kPa at 90 Hz and 60 Hz, respectively. The within-subject COV was 13.6% and 7.7% at 90 Hz and 60 Hz, respectively. ICC values were 0.922 and 0.907 for test-retest repeatability and 0.998 and 0.989 for inter-rater agreement, respectively (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: SE-EPI renal MRE is a reliable technique.
BACKGROUND: To evaluate the reliability of MRE using a spin-echo echo-planar imaging (SE-EPI) renal MRE technique in healthy volunteers. METHODS: Institutional review board approved prospective study in which all participants provided written informed consent. Sixteen healthy volunteers comprising seven males and nine females with a median age of 35 years (age range: 23 to 59 years) were included. Coronal 90 Hz and 60 Hz MRE acquisitions were performed twice within a 30-min interval between examinations. Renal MRE reliability was assessed by (i) test-retest repeatability, and (ii) inter-rater agreement between two independent readers. The MRE-measured averaged renal stiffness values were evaluated using: intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), Bland-Altman and the within-subject coefficient of variation (COV). RESULTS: For test-retest repeatability, Bland-Altman showed a mean stiffness difference between examinations of 0.07 kPa (95% limits of agreement: -1.41, 1.54) at 90 Hz and 0.01 kPa (95% limits of agreement: -0.51, 0.53) at 60 Hz. Coefficient of repeatability was 1.47 kPa and 0.52 kPa at 90 Hz and 60 Hz, respectively. The within-subject COV was 13.6% and 7.7% at 90 Hz and 60 Hz, respectively. ICC values were 0.922 and 0.907 for test-retest repeatability and 0.998 and 0.989 for inter-rater agreement, respectively (P < 0.001). CONCLUSION:SE-EPI renal MRE is a reliable technique.
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